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DAY 1
(Monday, November 14, 2005)
Theory
Session Curator: Rick Robinson, NOP World
Keynote
Rick Robinson, NOP World
Who we talk about when we talk about Users
Kris R. Cohen, University of Surrey (UK)
Grass roots campaigning as Elective Sociality (or Maffesoli meets ‘social
software’): Lessons from the BBC iCan project
Stokes Jones, Lodestar
Ethnography, Operations, and Objectual Practice
Tim Plowman, Cheskin
Workshops
Session Curator: Jeanette Blomberg, Work in ORganizational Context (WORC), IBM Almaden Research Center
To read full workshop descriptions and sign up for workshops please click here.
Defining the impact of physical spaces on social interactions
Rich Radka & Lillian Shieh, NEST - The Home Lab
Business Ethnography for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Nirmal Sethia, Professor of Management, Cal Poly Pomona
Working the Process: Anthropological Approaches to Designing and Evaluating Organizational Work Processes
Julia Gluesing, Pamela Crespin, Christine Miller, Tara Eaton & Amy Goldmacher, Wayne State University
Holy Hanging Out: Exploring Spirituality and Religion in the Corporate Environment
Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye & Genevieve Bell
Framing Ethnographic Praxis for Innovation
Patricia Sachs, Social Solutions, Inc.
Collaborating across social, organizational and disciplinary distances
Melissa Cefkin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Studying Distributed Sociality - Online and Offline
Brigitte Jordan, Palo Alto Research Center
Object sociality. Researching living things
Simon Roberts, Ideas Bazaar & Heinrich Schwarz, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Sociality of Fieldwork (or Personal Experiences with Interpersonal Connections)
Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting |
DAY 2
(Tuesday, November 15, 2005)
Methods
Session Curator: Nina Wakeford, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Introduction
Nina Wakeford, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Fieldwork and Ethnography in Design - The state of play from the CSCW Perspective
Dave Randall, Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Mark Rouncefield, Department of Sociology, Cartmel College, Lancaster University & Richard Harper, Microsoft Research Cambridge
The Baker�s Dozen: The Presence of the Gift in Service Encounters
Brinda Dalal & Pat Swenton-Wall, PARC Inc. & Xerox Corporation
Configuring Living Labs for a ‘Thick’ Understanding of Innovation
Jo Pierson, Bram Lievens & Pieter Ballon, Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT) Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology (IBBT) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Using Photographic Data to Build a Large-Scale Global Comparative Visual Ethnography of Domestic Spaces: Can a Limited Data Set Capture the Complexities of ‘Sociality’?
Simon Pulman-Jones, NOP World
Cutting-Edge
Session Curator: Christina Wasson, Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas
Introduction
Christina Wasson, Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas
Section 1: ‘How To’
Accelerating Collaboration with Social Tools
Dina Mehta, Explore Research and Consultancy & Alexandra Mack, Pitney Bowes
Social relationships in the modern tribe: product selection as symbolic markers
Dan M. Bruner, Doxus, LLC
Physical Artifacts for Promoting Bilingual Collaborative Design
Ame Elliott, PARC
The Worst Technology for Girls?
Wendy March, Intel Research & Constance Fleuriot, Bristol University, UK
Section 2: ‘Cutting-Edge Thinking’
Irrational Choices, Unfathomable Outcomes: Patient Ethnographies in Pharmaceutical Research
Ari Shapiro, Hall and Partners
Ethnography and Process Change in Organizations: Methodological Challenges in a Cross-Cultural, Bilingual, Geographically Distributed Corporate Project
Elizabeth F. Churchill & Jack Whalen, PARC Palo Alto Research Center
Investigating Mobility, Technology, and Space in Homes, Starting with “Great Rooms”
Scott Mainwaring & Allison Woodruff, Intel Corp
Fertile Ground: Homegrown Loyalty Makes for Globally Competitive Industry
Keri Brondo & Marietta Baba, Michigan State University
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Detailed Schedule
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Day 0
(Sunday, November 13, 2005) |
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Day 1
(Monday, November 14, 2005) |
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Breakfast |
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| 9:00-12:30pm |
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THEORY
Session Curator: Rick Robinson |
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9:00-9:30 |
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Keynote
(Rick Robinson) |
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9:30-10:15 |
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Who we talk about when we talk about Users
(Kris R. Cohen) |
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10:15-11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-11:45 |
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Grass roots campaigning as Elective Sociality (or Maffesoli meets ‘social software’): Lessons from the BBC iCan project
(Stokes Jones)
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11:45-12:30 |
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Ethnography, Operations, and Objectual Practice
(Tim Plowman)
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| 12:30-1:30pm |
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LUNCH
Poster session 1
Session Curator: Alexandra Mack
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| 1:30-4:00pm |
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WORKSHOPS
Session Curator: Jeanette Blomberg |
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| 4:30-5:00pm |
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DAY 1 CLOSING
Jeanette Blomberg |
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Night Out in Seattle
(This event is part of the early registration package. Therefore only those that registered on or before Sept 1st should attend.) |
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5:30-6:15 |
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Bus to downtown |
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9:30-10:00 |
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Bus back to Microsoft |
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Day 2
(Tuesday, November 15, 2005)
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| 8:00-9:00am |
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Breakfast |
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| 8:45-9:00 |
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90 second summary of workshops |
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| 9:00-12:00 |
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METHODS
Session Curator: Nina Wakeford
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9:00-9:25 |
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Introduction
(Nina Wakeford) |
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9:25-9:50 |
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Fieldwork and Ethnography in Design - The state of play from the CSCW Perspective
(Dave Randall, Mark Rouncefield, & Richard Harper) |
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9:50-10:15 |
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The Baker’s Dozen: The Presence of the Gift in Service Encounters
(Brinda Dalal & Pat Swenton-Wall) |
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10:15-11:00 |
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Break |
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11:00-11:25 |
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Configuring Living Labs for a ‘Thick’ Understanding of Innovation
(Jo Pierson, Bram Lievens & Pieter Ballon) |
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11:25-11:50 |
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Using Photographic Data to Build a Large-Scale Global Comparative Visual Ethnography of Domestic Spaces: Can a Limited Data Set Capture the Complexities of ‘Sociality’?
(Simon Pulman-Jones) |
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| 12:00-1:30pm |
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LUNCH
Poster session 2
Session Curator: Alexandra Mack
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| 1:30-4:30pm |
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CUTTING-EDGE
Session Curator: Christina Wasson
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1:30-1:45 |
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Introduction
(Christina Wasson) |
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Section 1: ‘How To’ |
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1:45-2:00 |
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Social relationships in the modern tribe: product selection as symbolic markers
(Dan M. Bruner) |
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2:00-2:15 |
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Physical Artifacts for Promoting Bilingual Collaborative Design
(Ame Elliott)
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2:15-2:30 |
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The Worst Technology for Girls?
(Wendy March & Constance Fleuriot)
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2:30-2:45 |
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Accelerating Collaboration with Social Tools
(Dina Mehta & Alexandra Mack)
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2:45-3:30 |
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Break |
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Section 2: ‘Cutting-Edge Thinking’ |
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3:30-3:45 |
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Irrational Choice, Unfathomable Outcomes: Patient Ethnographies in Pharmaceutical Research
(Ari Shapiro)
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3:45-4:00 |
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Ethnography and Process Change in Organizations: Methodological Challenges in a Cross-Cultural, Bilingual, Geographically Distributed Corporate Project
(Elizabeth F. Churchill & Jack Whalen)
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4:00-4:15 |
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Investigating Mobility, Technology, and Space in Homes, Starting with “Great Rooms”
(Scott Mainwaring & Allison Woodruff)
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4:15-4:30 |
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Fertile Ground: Homegrown Loyalty Makes for Globally Competitive Industry
(Keri Brondo & Marietta Baba)
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| 4:30-4:45pm |
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Closing Remarks by Marietta Baba |
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| 4:45-5:15pm |
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Conference Closing |
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| 5:30-6:30pm |
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Town hall meeting about EPIC
(all are welcome)
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| 7:00-on: |
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Post conference gathering at local bar |
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